Tag Archives: resistance

Please Lie to Me

I would rather you be able to tell me a lie, than for someone else to take upon themselves the authority to decide for me you can’t. As much of a bumbling idiot as I may be, I doubt there’s … Continue reading

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The Technocracy of War: Part 2

For Peter Jimmerson, the war was over — for now. For the past two years he had been in a running battle with some cracker slipping into his servers. This was no simple showboating; the cracker was needling him personally, … Continue reading

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Revealed As Black Ops (Updated)

Updated at bottom… The amorphous hacker collective “Anonymous” can now be regarded as controlled opposition. When it was just a matter of information and cracking servers, that was simply part of the Internet. I’ve always said, if you digitize information, … Continue reading

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Trusting Cynicism; Cynical Trust

We aren’t cynical enough and we don’t trust enough. Warning: This is a blatantly Christian post. You can substitute your own religious verbiage, but I believe you’ll find the principles universal. Our human logic is typically insufficiently cynical. A the … Continue reading

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Not Quite the Apocalypse

We are in deep doo-doo, and it will get worse, but it’s not the End of the World. Having once tasted civilization, humans are loathe to go back to something less. Granted, most of humanity haven’t seen that “something less” … Continue reading

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Dodging That Slice

No matter where you live in this world, our insane SOPA and PIPA legislation is going to affect you. That is, unless you have no dealings or contact with any American residents — in which case, you would not be … Continue reading

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Wireless Carrier SNAFU (Updated)

You may recall the acronym SNAFU approximates: “Situation Normal, All Fouled Up.” Is anyone really surprised at the depth of detail in which this Carrier IQ company is logging your every touch and use of your smartphone? Pay attention to … Continue reading

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Once Again: I’m a Terrorist

I am associated with officially designated “terrorists.” That is, living here in Central Oklahoma, I reject the entire official government narrative of the Murrah Building Bombing. I tend to agree with the contents of this site. And said site is … Continue reading

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Open Communication Lines

Necessity is the mother of implementation. Users of the social news and community site Reddit don’t like the way the government seems to be muscling in on the Internet. So they plan to build a new one. So far, it’s … Continue reading

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If I Could, I Would

Yep, if I had as much money as he does: [Ventura] vowed to apply for Mexican citizenship so he can live there more months of the year…. “I will never stand for a national anthem again. I will turn my … Continue reading

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